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Odgers Berndtson Recruits Stephen Edwards as Next Leader of the Virginia Port Authority

VA, United States

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Odgers Berndtson, a leading global executive search firm, is pleased to announce the successful recruitment of Stephen Edwards as the next leader of the Virginia Port Authority (VPA) succeeding John F. Reinhart who for the last seven years has led the VPA as its CEO and Executive Director. When… Read More

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Port Authority Has Lost $1.2B in Revenue. The Rest of the Year Will Help Define its Future.

NJ, United States

Port Authority airports are among the hardest hit in the country for air service reductions, according to Airlines for America’s industry statistics. Is the Port Authority slowly recovering from the revenue-crippling traffic and passenger downturns that the coronavirus inflicted on its bridges and tunnels, airports and PATH rail system? The results vary by the facility,… Read More

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Port of Los Angeles receives nearly $10 million federal grant

CA, United States

Funding would pay for infrastructure improvements near San Pedro’s waterfront area. LOS ANGELES—Anglers and boaters don’t have much of a choice but to interact with the intersection of Harbor Boulevard/Front Street and the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro. This is the intersection one would have to cross to visit the planned LA Waterfront or… Read More

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FG Urged to Shift Port Operations from Lagos to Port Harcourt

Nigeria

A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ibrahim Baba, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to shift all port operations from Lagos to Port Harcourt to save the country’s economy. Baba, who represented Katahum federal constituency in Bauchi State in the fourth assembly, said not doing so would allow what he termed ‘evil… Read More

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Focus on Manatee | Port Manatee’s special sauce is in the box

FL, United States

Port Manatee is described in this promotional video published by Manatee County Government in 2017 as Southwest Florida’s premier deepwater seaport located at the entrance to Tampa Bay. It adds more than $2.3 billion annually in local economic imp By McClatchy Port Manatee’s flourishing role as a powerful economic engine for Manatee County and beyond… Read More

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Army Corps looks to cut costs, eliminate restricted dredging timeline at Wilmington port

DE, United States

WILMINGTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking the state’s permission to eliminate the regulatory window that limits when it can dredge near the Port of Wilmington. If approved, the state could allow the Army Corps to oversee hopper dredge and bed-leveling activities year-round at both the Port of Wilmington and Morehead City…. Read More

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Port of Los Angeles Nabs $9.9M Infrastructure Grant After Busiest September on Record

CA, United States

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded the Port of Los Angeles a $9.88 million Port Infrastructure Development Program grant as part of $220 million in discretionary grant funding to improve port facilities in 15 states and territories through the Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development Program. The Port of Los Angeles said the funding…… Read More

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POLA Receives Port Infrastructure Grant

CA, United States

POLA — On Oct. 21, the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the Port of Los Angeles a $9.88 million Port Infrastructure Development Program grant. The funding will help pay for construction of improvements at the heavily traveled interchange at Harbor Boulevard/Front Street and the Vincent Thomas Bridge (State Route 47) in San Pedro. Port of… Read More

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Port Houston optimistic volume rebound underway

TX, United States

September total shows ‘first turn toward growth’ since pandemic hit Port Houston said that in September it saw the “first turn toward growth” since coronavirus-caused volume blows began in March. The Texas port handled 254,405 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in September, 1% more than September 2019. From Jan. 1 through Sept. 30, Port Houston moved… Read More

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Port of Charleston’s big-ship capabilities growing with new terminal, deeper harbor

SC, United States

Already an impressive U.S. Southeast commercial hub, the South Carolina Port Authority’s Port of Charleston is about to offer even greater capabilities for efficiently handling big boxships, with early 2021 boding to bring opening of the initial phase of the first new major U.S. container terminal in more than a decade. Infrastructure investments totaling $2… Read More

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PortMiami dredging may rest on economic future of cruise lines

FL, United States

PortMiami continues to plan for more dredging, pandemic or not. As the coronavirus has plagued both Miami and the rest of the nation, there has been an increased focus on cruise ship travel and economic recovery. Last year, Miami-Dade County commissioners authorized a three-year study. Now, after about a year and a half, US Army… Read More

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Provinces push for action on port expenses

Canada

Grain companies facing skyrocketing rent at the Vancouver port want Ottawa to intervene. Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevators Association, said rent on federal property at the port went up 13 to 30 percent this year. It’s costing grain terminals hundreds of thousands of dollars every quarter and will total millions before… Read More

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Port of Los Angeles Receives $9.9 Million Infrastructure Development Grant

CA, United States

A $9.9 million grant awarded to the Port of Los Angeles by the U.S. Department of Transportation will help pay for construction of improvements at the heavily traveled interchange at Harbor Boulevard/Front Street and the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, port officials said Wednesday. Planned improvements to the DOT-designated National Highway Freight Network include… Read More

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Port of Savannah continues to recover from pandemic

GA, United States

Despite worldwide slowdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, operations at the Port of Savannah continue on the upward swing with 1.2 million twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) handled during the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2021, an increase of 1.6% compared to the previous year. During August the port handled 441,600 TEUs marking not only… Read More

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